Social Studies Internet Resources
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General----Communication Arts----Math----Science--Social Studies----Educational Technology
Black History Month, Geography, Google Earth, US History, World War II
| D-Day The National World War II Museum | The National World War II Museum Foundation in New Orleans in 1991. The Museum, which opened on June 6, 2000, is the only museum in the United States that addresses all of the amphibious invasions or "D-days" of World War II, paying tribute to the more than one million Americans who took part. |
| Africans in America | America's journey through slavery is presented in four parts. For each era, you'll find a historical Narrative, a Resource Bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, and commentaries, and a Teacher's Guide for using the content of the Web site and television series in U.S. history courses. |
| Country Reports.Org | CountryReports.org was established in 1997 out of a love for international relations and culture. Entirely web-based, we offer more than 26,000 pages of content covering a wide-range of topics. |
| Google Earth | Download Google Earth | |||
| Google Moon | Lessons on space-Historical moon landings | |||
| Google Mars | Lessons on space-A shaded relief map | |||
| Google Scholar | Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research. | |||
| Google Books | Search the full text of Books Find the perfect book for your purposes and discover new ones that interest you |
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| Google Notebook | With Google Notebook, you can browse, clip, and organize information from across the web in a single online location that's accessible from any computer. Planning a trip? Researching a product? Just add clippings to your notebook. You won't ever have to leave your browser window. | |||
| Google Reader | Get all your news and blogs in one place with Google Reader With Google Reader, keeping up with your favorite websites is as easy as checking your email. |
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| Google 411 | You don't need a computer, an Internet connection, or even the keypad on your phone or mobile device. GOOG-411 is voice-activated, so you can access it from any phone (mobile or land line), in any location, at any time. For free. | |||
| iGoogle | Google offers the ability to create a personalized iGoogle page that gives you at-a-glance access to key information from Google and across the web. On this self-designed page you can choose and organize the content you want. | |||
| Google Calendar | Organize your schedule and share events with friends Wouldn't it be great to be able to keep track of all the events in your life, coordinate schedules with friends and family, and find new things to do -- all with one online calendar? | |||
| Google Documents | Create, edit and upload quickly Import your existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, or create new ones from scratch. Access and edit from anywhere All you need is a Web browser. Your documents are stored securely online. Share changes in real time Invite people to your documents and make changes together, at the same time. | |||
| Google Picasa | Find, organize and share your photos. Picasa is a free software download from Google that helps you: Locate and organize all the photos on your computer. Edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks. Share your photos with others through email, prints, and on the web: it’s fast, easy and free. | |||
| Google Labs | Google labs showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren't quite ready for prime time. Your feedback can help us improve them. Please play with these prototypes and send your comments directly to the Googlers who developed them. | |||
| Google Maps | Type in any famous landmark and be taken shown a map and satellite view. If you get lost you can always ask Google Maps for directions. | |||
| The Object of History | The Object of History is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media. The project was conceived of in an effort to find a low cost way for students and teacher of U.S. History to have access to the museum’s collections and the expertise of the curators. |
| Library of Congress-Maps and Mapmakers: | Students examine Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 map of the world to discover a new way of thinking about what was important to the mapmaker. This map is often called the birth certificate of America. |
| Exploring the Early Americans | Exploring the Early Americas features selections from the more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress |